David Brennan to chair Business Car Manager Small Fleet Leasing Awards

July 23, 2014 05:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--David Brennan, the chief executive of Nexus Vehicle Management – the
leading provider of corporate vehicle rental in the UK – is to be
chairman of the Small Fleet Leasing Awards 2014.

The awards, launched today 23 July 2014 by Business Car Manager,
recognise the best suppliers of small fleet leasing to the SME sector,
the engine room of the UK’s economic recovery.

The Small Fleet Leasing Awards have the full backing of the key market
funders – Alphabet, Arval, Lex Autolease and Network Vehicles – while
also enjoying further support from Nexus Vehicle Management and risk
management firm Applied Driving Techniques.

“We are hugely pleased to have David Brennan as our chairman for the
awards. Mr Brennan has great depth and understanding of the leasing
sector after eight years as managing director of LeasePlan UK, and
insight and gravitas is crucial to the importance of these awards,” said
Ralph Morton, editorial director, Business Car Manager.

Mr Brennan will oversee a panel of six judges, all experts in the small
fleet leasing sector. They are:

Nigel Trotman, strategic fleet consultant Alphabet

Ty Smith, head of sales - SME, Arval

Jo Elms, commercial director, LeasePlan UK

Steve Cocks, national sales manager, Lex Autolease

Peter Hollinshead, former head of HSBC Vehicle Finance and now
director of FleetSave

“The strength of our judging team, and their combined experience in the
field, is testimony to how important these Small Fleet Leasing Awards
have become, in what is only the second year we have run them,”
commented editorial director, Ralph Morton.

There are seven award categories that can be entered, while the judges
will appoint their Small Fleet Leasing Company of the Year from the
entries received.

Last year’s winner of the inaugural Small Fleet Leasing Awards was Fleet
Alliance.